Final: Six of eight #txlege House GOP incumbents lost their runoffs Tuesday, bringing the total to 15 ousted House Rs this primary cycle. Barring Dem pickups, Greg Abbott has the votes to pass some version of school vouchers next year
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The Amarillo City Council declined to immediately approve a petition that demands the city adopt a so-called abortion travel ban, once again slowing a movement that has swept through conservative cities and counties.
New for Texas Tribune
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Paxton ends w/ a threat to House Rs: 'My message to Austin is clear: to those considering supporting Dade Phelan as Speaker in 2025, ask your 15 colleagues who lost re-election how they feel about their decision now. You will not return if you vote for Dade Phelan again.' #txlege

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, the top electoral target for a far-right faction of Republicans intent on controlling the Legislature, declared victory Tuesday over a well-funded challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and his allies.
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State of the school voucher #txlege House runoffs

-Burns, Holland & Kuempel losing
-VanDeaver, Barry winning
-Abbott & voucher supporters on track to secure tentative majority in the House as things stand (barring Dem pickups in November)
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Vivian King, Kim Ogg chief of staff/first assistant, up early in Dem runoff for new Harris County felony court

Nicole Hensley 📰 & jen rice previewed this race:
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Just in: Dade Phelan gets 69% of the Jefferson County early vote #txlege #HD21

NEW: Housing costs could be the sleeper issue in battleground states this presidential election.
Experts call the housing situation in Las Vegas 'desperate.'
Housing is people's 'pain point' Rep. Steven Horsford says
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The Texas GOP convention was one, long and open call for spiritual warfare. Virtually every speaker invoked some existential struggle, and once-fringe theories and figures were embraced amid what delegates felt was a war for kids and Christ. My latest:
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Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students. texastribune.org/2024/05/24/tex…

Incredible Andrew Van Dam chart

#BREAKING Far-right backed Abraham George has been elected chair of the Texas GOP, marking another major win for the wing of the party funded by oil billionaires Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. via Renzo Downey #txlege

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Houston OKs sale of land that includes bike-and-hike trail segment to TxDOT for I-45 project houstonlanding.org/houston-oks-sa…

Love to share a life with the award-winning Lexi Salazar tellyawards.com/winners/2024/o…

New: Relatives of the Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas Department of Public Safety officers who waited 77 minutes to confront the gunman.

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TxDOT says it can’t guarantee that upgrades to one of Houston’s main hurricane evacuation routes will prevent future flooding of U.S. 59. bit.ly/3WQTOyz

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s primary has become a last stand for the state’s biz-minded GOP old guard — TLR, ART, Harlan Crow, Karl Rove — who want to avoid becoming outcasts in the party they helped build decades ago.

Story w/Zach Despart: texastribune.org/2024/05/21/dad… #txlege